Closed: National Youth Initiative Award

The National Youth Initiative Award recognises those employers who have made innovative improvements in skills development which provide beneficial outcomes for their apprentices and/or trainees in Australia and to their local community.

To nominate, an organisation must:

• be an employer of Australian apprentices or trainees during the 2021 calendar year
• have a formalised contract of training of apprenticeship or traineeship
• address the following criteria in their application:
  1. Innovation in the delivery of training for apprentices and/or trainees
     • how you have demonstrated innovation in your approach to the design and delivery of training for apprentices and/or trainees
     • the training programs and initiatives you have implemented and how they have improved outcomes for apprentices and/or trainees
     • any processes or new approaches you have adopted for the delivery of the training
     • any unique elements of the training program(s)
  2. Links with training providers and the community
     • how you have partnered or collaborated with training providers and the broader community to deliver innovative training and skill outcomes
     • the partners included in the training of apprentices and/or trainees, including Registered Training Organisations
     • the extent of participation and the benefits of these partnerships
     • how the skills required within the local community have been met
     • how the training programs have been promoted externally.
  3. Apprentice and/or trainee outcomes
     • how your approach to training has impacted positively on individual apprentices and/or trainees
     • evidence of successful learning outcomes for apprentices and/or trainees (e.g. data relating to their progress, positive work outcomes and retention and completion rates)
     • if you have customised training or developed innovative use of recognition of prior learning and skills acquisition
     • if your individual apprentices and/or trainees have increased their foundation skill levels
     • any workplace mentoring in place and the resultant benefits.
  4. Business outcomes
     • how your approach to training has impacted positively on the organisation
     • evidence of successful learning
     • evidence that the training has produced measurable improvements in business outcomes (e.g. quality, productivity, profitability)
     • other benefits the training programs have delivered
     • the evaluations of the training programs in place and what their outcomes are
     • the overall impact that the training has on the business
     • the sustainability of the training programs
     • if the training programs are modelled in other areas of your business.

Applications are now closed.

Applications open on Monday, 1 August 2022 and close at 11:59pm on Friday, 9 September 2022.  Applications will not be accepted after this date.